 His most notable performance is of the pyromaniac Marty Fisher, who has Tourette syndrome, in Channel 4's comedy drama series, "Shameless".In 1990, Deam appeared in the Granada TV soap opera "Families", a show about two families, one from Cheshire, the other in Australia, notably alongside the then-not-so-well-known Jude Law.In 1992, he appeared in a few episodes of "Heartbeat" as Alan Maskell.